Powder puff



V. GUINZBURG.

v POWDER PUFF. FILED SEPT. 2.1922.

Patented Dec. 216, 1922.

- STATES rasata PATENT ogre-gica.

VCTOR GUINZBURG, F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO '.l.A B. KLEINERT RUBBER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

POWDER PUFF.

Application led September 2, 1922. Serial No. 585,848.

To all who/m t may concern:

Be it known that I, Vieron GUINZBURG, a citizenl of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful'Improvement in Powder Puffs, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore powder puds have been made with an outer covering of an absorbent textile material of pile fabric and internally padded with some soft yielding lmaterial such as cotton or the like. This form of powder puff is of such absorbent material throughout that it absorbs moisture readily and becomes damp and undesirable for use. Furthermore, if an attempt is made' to wash it, the interior padding becomes compacted to such an extent as to render the puff flat, stili and useless. Because of these 'unde- 2o sirable tendencies, a powder pul of the construction just mentioned soon becomes useless and is discarded.

The objecttherefore of this invention. is to provide a powder pu ofsuch construction that the use of an absorbent lining 'or padding is avoided; which may be readily washed and will at all times retain a soft, yielding and desirable condition under' all conditions of use.

This object is accomplished by the provision of means'for retaining air within the.

pu which retains it in a soft, yielding and pliable condition.

For a more partlcular description. of my invention, reference is to be had-to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, in which i Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a y powder puiiz" made in accordance with my in- 40 vention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the powder pud, parts being broken away to disclose construction.

Figure 3 is a view showing the powder puff as it appears when grasped by the handA ready for use.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the interior.

air casing; and I Figure. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 4 looking in the direction of the arrows.

In the embodiment of my invention as disclosed in the accompanying drawing, I have shown the powder puff provided with disclosed in Figures 4 and 5 where it will be seen that the bag is of such form to-smoothly fit the interior of the pu and is provided with a tubular extension or nipple 5 through which the air .may be forced to the interior of the bag and when a sufficient amount of airis placed therein, the end of the extension may be closed by vulcanizing or cementing or by any other suitable means. It will be understood that just sufiicient air is placed within the bag 4 to give sufficient softness or resiliency to the pui-. lOne Y of the distinct advantages derived from this construction is that when the puii is grasped by the hand, the air is shifted towards one edge of the puff providing a portion of pounded .softness which contacts with the ace.

As the bag 4 is made of impervious material and is not absorbent, the puff is not liable to become saturated with moisture.` As it has no padding which can be damaged or compacted by washing, the puff can be washed and kept in a clean sanitary condition at all times.

From the foregoing it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the exact embodiment shown but is broad enough .to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims. What I claim is:

l. An article ofthe class described comprising a powder puff having means for retaining air within it.

2. An article of the class described comprising a powder puff having an outer fabric covering and air-retaining means within said coverin 3. An article of the class described ,com` prising a powder pui having an outer covering and an air-filled body within the same.

4. An article of the class described comprising a powder puff" having an outer cov-v y ering of pile fabric and an interior body of 6. An article of the class described com-l prising a powder puff havin'gan outer pile fabric covering and pneumatic means with` in said covering for distendmg the same.

7. An article of the class described comprising a` powder puff composed of an airinlated body covered by a pile. fabric.

8. An article of the class described comprising a powder puif composed of a rubber bag inflated with air to such an extent as to.

provide a flat body of substantial thickness and a fabric covering for said body.

Signed at the city, county and State of-20 New York, this 29th day of August, 1922.

VICTOR GUINZBURG. 

